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Queens Boulevard crash in Elmhurst leaves 2 pedestrians dead

Two pedestrians were killed when an apparently speeding out-of-control car struck them along Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst early today.  Authorities identified the victims as 59-year-old Man Chit Cheng, who was pronounced dead at the scene, and 41-year-old Mu Wang Lin, who died at Elmhurst Hospital. Police say the 22-year-old driver lost control of the 2014

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Multiple people hurt in Brooklyn crash; 9-year-old dies

According to police in Brooklyn, a 59-year-old man was driving westward on DeKalb Avenue when he was hit by another vehicle as he tried to execute a left turn onto Clermont Avenue. The collision, which occurred during the afternoon of Nov. 2, forced the man’s Ford Explorer into a group of pedestrians nearby, resulting in

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Erika Strebel, 27, Killed in Hit and Run Accident…Who Pays?

27-year-old Erika Strebel was driving her Jeep when it broke down. Police say she and a passenger, 26-year-old Ed Barton got out, and were standing near her vehicle when another car crashed into them, killing Erika and injuring her passenger before fleeing Eastbound on Montauk Highway.  The accident happened at 9 on Saturday night in

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4 hurt when car overturns on Willis Avenue in the Bronx

Four people were injured in a serious car accident in the Bronx Monday morning. The crash happened around 3:30 a.m. on Willis Avenue in the Mott Haven section. The impact of the crash was so violent and severe that the vehicle ended up on its roof. The victims, described as four males in their 30s,

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Finally a Driver, Anthony Byrd, is Arrested For Killing a Pedestrian

Police have arrested the driver of an SUV that jumped the curb onto a Brooklyn sidewalk Saturday, killing a 9-year-old boy and injuring the child’s mother and brother. 59-year old Anthony Byrd faces multiple charges, including criminally negligent homicide, assault, and reckless endangerment. The incident happened at the intersection of Dekalb Avenue and Clermont Avenue in

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Derrick Callender, 32, Killed in Senseless Car Accident

The incident began with a dispute in a liquor store and ended just after midnight in front of 666 East 233rd Street, near White Plains Road, in the Wakefield section.  Police responding to a call of a pedestrian struck found 32-year-old liquor store owner Derrick Callender, with trauma to his body.  He was rushed to

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